Order of Stuart Woods Books
Stuart Woods was an American author who wrote the Will Lee, Stone Barrington, Holly Barker, Ed Eagle and Rick Barron series. He also had written quite a number of standalone novels, although not since 1995. In addition to that, he has a couple of non-fiction books to his credit as well. Woods’ characters tend to appear in eachothers’ series quite commonly.
Stuart passed away in July 2022.
Stuart Woods’ career as a novelist goes all the way back to 1981. Up until his passing, he wrote multiple novels per year. Below is the order of when all of Stuart Woods’ fictional books were originally released:
Publication Order of Stone Barrington Books
| New York Dead | (1991) |    |
| Dirt | (1996) | |
| Dead in the Water | (1997) | |
| Swimming to Catalina | (1998) | |
| Worst Fears Realized | (1999) | |
| L.A. Dead | (2000) | |
| Cold Paradise | (2001) | |
| The Short Forever | (2002) | |
| Dirty Work | (2003) | |
| Reckless Abandon | (2004) | |
| Two Dollar Bill | (2004) | |
| Dark Harbor | (2006) | |
| Fresh Disasters | (2007) | |
| Shoot Him If He Runs | (2007) | |
| Hot Mahogany | (2008) | |
| Loitering with Intent | (2009) | |
| Kisser | (2009) | |
| Lucid Intervals | (2010) | |
| Strategic Moves | (2010) | |
| Bel-Air Dead | (2011) | |
| Son of Stone | (2011) | |
| D.C. Dead | (2011) | |
| Unnatural Acts | (2012) | |
| Severe Clear | (2012) | |
| Collateral Damage | (2012) | |
| Unintended Consequences | (2013) | |
| Doing Hard Time | (2013) | |
| Standup Guy | (2014) | |
| Carnal Curiosity | (2014) | |
| Cut and Thrust | (2014) | |
| Paris Match | (2014) | |
| Insatiable Appetites | (2015) | |
| Hot Pursuit | (2015) | |
| Naked Greed | (2015) | |
| Foreign Affairs | (2015) | |
| Scandalous Behavior | (2016) | |
| Family Jewels | (2016) | |
| Dishonorable Intentions | (2016) | |
| Sex, Lies & Serious Money | (2016) | |
| Below the Belt | (2017) | |
| Fast and Loose | (2017) | |
| Indecent Exposure | (2017) | |
| Quick & Dirty | (2017) | |
| Unbound | (2018) | |
| Shoot First | (2018) | |
| Turbulence | (2018) | |
| Desperate Measures | (2018) | |
| A Delicate Touch | (2018) | |
| Wild Card | (2019) | |
| Contraband | (2019) | |
| Stealth | (2019) | |
| Treason | (2020) | |
| Hit List | (2020) | |
| Choppy Water | (2020) | |
| Shakeup | (2020) | |
| Hush-Hush | (2020) | |
| Double Jeopardy | (2021) | |
| Class Act | (2021) | |
| Foul Play | (2021) | |
| Criminal Mischief | (2021) | |
| A Safe House | (2022) | |
| Black Dog | (2022) | |
| Distant Thunder | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Holly Barker Books
| Orchid Beach | (1998) | |
| Orchid Blues | (2001) | |
| Blood Orchid | (2002) | |
| Reckless Abandon | (2004) | |
| Iron Orchid | (2005) | |
| Hothouse Orchid | (2009) | |
Publication Order of Ed Eagle Books
| Santa Fe Rules | (1992) | |
| Short Straw | (2006) | |
| Santa Fe Dead | (2008) | |
| Santa Fe Edge | (2010) | |
Publication Order of Herbie Fisher Books
(with Parnell Hall)
| Barely Legal | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Rick Barron Books
| The Prince of Beverly Hills | (2004) | |
| Beverly Hills Dead | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Teddy Fay Books
(with Parnell Hall, Bryon Quertermous)
| Smooth Operator | (2016) | |
| The Money Shot | (2018) | |
| Skin Game | (2019) | |
| Bombshell | (2020) | |
| Jackpot | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Will Lee Books
| Chiefs | (1981) | |
| Run Before the Wind | (1983) | |
| Deep Lie | (1986) | |
| Grass Roots | (1989) | |
| The Run | (1995) | |
| Capital Crimes | (2003) | |
| Mounting Fears | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Under the Lake | (1986) | |
| White Cargo | (1988) | |
| Palindrome | (1990) | |
| L.A. Times | (1993) | |
| Heat | (1994) | |
| Dead Eyes | (1994) | |
| Imperfect Strangers | (1995) | |
| Choke | (1995) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Blue Water, Green Skipper | (1977) | |
| A romantic's guide to the country inns of Britain and Ireland | (1979) | |
| An Extravagant Life | (2022) | |
If You Like Stuart Woods Books, You’ll Love…
Stuart Woods Synopsis: Under the Lake is a standalone novel by Stuart Woods. A lake that was built at a terrible cost by an obsessed man can be found in the beautiful mountains of North Georgia. This tranquil body of water has brought prosperity to a remote community. Along with it, two strangers have joined the isolated locals to investigate crimes against nature committed by previous generations that cannot be hidden beneath the water’s surface.
John Howell, a renowned investigative journalist, fled a once-promising personal and professional life and arrives in this remote town on the run. He discovers a mystery that is so intricate, complex, and bizarre that he is unable to focus on the book he has come to write.
His involvement in a subtly but resolute struggle against an outcast, ravaged by its origins, against the autocratic town father and the local sheriff marks the beginning of the story. Howell is further enticed by his relationships with two women: a young, ambitious reporter looking for corruption and a reserved, backwoods beauty who has been shunned by the outside world due to a family secret that has been poorly kept. Then, without warning, a young girl from another world comes to Howell’s humble cabin, turning it into a spectral theater showing bizarre and terrifying images of a horrible event that happened long ago.
White Cargo is a standalone novel by Stuart Woods. Cat Catledge is a content person. At fifty, he is a self-made multimillionaire with a beautiful teenage daughter and a loving wife. He is also taking his family on the ultimate dream sabbatical after years of hard work: a two-year trip to the South Pacific aboard his custom-built 43-foot yacht through the Panama Canal. He makes it to Colombia.
Cat’s bliss and the love he has for his family are forever shattered by an unanticipated, brutal, and tragically tragic event off the cocaine-drenched shores of that nation, leaving Cat devastated. He is a broken man when he returns home alone, consumed by terrible guilt. Both the Colombian authorities and the U.S. State Department conduct ineffective investigations.
Then, late at night, Cat is awoken by the phone when, over the loud static, a single, electrifying word is spoken by an achingly familiar voice.
Cat returns to South America in a desperate search for the daughter he cannot bring himself to believe is dead, motivated by a mixture of hope and despair. Cat follows a trail of blood and graft, white powder and white slavery, with the assistance of an Australian ex-convict, a pretty television journalist, and a man he only knows as “Jim.” Along the way, he discovers in himself an unsuspected capacity for ruthlessness and cunning, as well as – even more surprising – a rekindled capacity for love.
My favorite writer for the past several years. He had me at Key West, one of my favorite vacation places; other than Cuba that is.
I email Stuart Woods to tell him how much I enjoyed his books and got a nice response.
Does anyone know of an ordered list of all of Mr. Woods’ books that have overlapping characters? It’s phenomenally annoying to start a series only to find you are inserted in the chronological middle of another.
if you read each book in the ‘list of all books above’, in chronological order, as they appear, you may jump from series to series following this order, but you will never miss any appearance by any character or plot.
That would be useful advice if the chronology shown included a date a little more specific than just the year or I was referring to an author who didn’t publish several books per year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Woods has a nice list that includes which character makes an apparence. Not sure if that is what you are looking for or not. You might have to date the books yourself, meaning you would need to look up each book to find its publication date
I may have missed one or two of Woods books, but he is one of my favorites. Waiting to read the latest.
I started only three yrs ago and got hooked ! Retired American Living in the Philippines and am having them shipped here. lol 28 Stone Barrington and 7 others ! so far !
What happened to the 7 pound, one ounce ” daughter” Arrington gave birth to at the end of “Swimming To Catalina”?
I caught that too! In the next book the daughter became a son.. Still love the books even with the slip up!
It was a boy, Peter
Hooked on his books!
Hell YES!!!!!!!!!
It wod be cool if he gave Dino his own series
i asked Woods that many years ago and he said Dino would never get his own series. Im LOVING Teddy Faye though
I’ve read them all except for “Blue Water, Green Skipper”, and the one about the Irish Inns which is hard to find. Can’t get enough of Stone Barrington.